Well, that was fast. A few hours ago Google announced the release of a brand-new Android Market app. The company is currently rolling out the update to all 2.2+ Android phones, and most people can expect the new version to arrive on their phones over the coming weeks. But we’re not very patient folks. It was just a matter of time before somebody took the Market .apk and uploaded it to the Interwebz for everybody to enjoy.

And that’s exactly what just happened. The guys over at Phandroid have been kind enough to share the app with the Android community. If you’re interested in downloading the .apk, I’ve uploaded the file here for our readers’ enjoyment. If you’re reading this on your phone, just click on this link and download the .apk. After that, it’s just as easy as opening the file and installing the app.

I’ve already tried it with my Optimus T, and it works beautifully. However, there’s a slight chance it won’t work on your phone. If it doesn’t, let us know in the comments and somebody will probably have a solution for you. If it does work on your phone, we’d love to hear your opinions about it. Do you like it? Is it better than the previous version? Do you like the new UI? Or is it too Metro-y for you?

Alberto is a college student living somewhere between Miami, Sarasota and the World Wide Web. Although a former iPhone owner, Alberto is now a proud Android enthusiast. You can follow Alberto on Twitter and Google+ for his thoughts unworthy of an article.

So effin nice … Just installed on my 3d evo looks nice feel nice … Shit best thing to happen to me today thank you runs flawlessly im wondering if the books that are bought can be ready on kobo app… : l

Awesome on my Sensation – D hope they fix the jerkiness quick tho, I’m sure they will. But the Presentation is Amazing, I really love it and totally appeals to me. And for the record I myself love the Metro-like feel to it. : )

I’m on the lg optimas v. My phone shows android 2.2 but I recently flashed to the latest bumblebee rom. It’ll start installing and then stop. “application not installed.” On virgin mobile network :) thanks for any and all help!

The new ui is beautiful!! I could spend hours on it doing nothing. I love being able to rent movies and I love the fact that it runs really smooth on my mytouch 4g!! I’m so lucky that I installed it befor the links were killed!!

Am I a tard missing something? Loaded the new Market (awesome, by the way) I have an app with an update to install but it only gives me the OPEN and UNINSTALL options. Updated appeared & installed normally on my Droid 2. What gives?

Well it works great on my rooted NOOKcolor running CM7 android 2.3.3 gingerbread but the movies doesn’t ..as I read the comment feed it looks like the movies app store won’t work on rooted devices oh well who actually pays for movies now-in days especially if you own a jailbroken/rooted device ..anyways thanks guys

I can’t download or update any of my apps, though worked fine to install start it up. But of course this makes the whole update useless so is there any way to make it work or otherwise turn back to the old version?

Installed it last night, G2x on CM7. I love it. It is a bit Metro-y, but 1) I think Metro is gorgeous, but as it removes the ability to fiddle with menus and whatnot just out of boredness (and it isn’t Android), it isn’t for me as a whole UI, and 2) it makes me think Honeycomb/hopefully-ICS more than it does Metro.

after failed attempt with Marriam Webster; I was able to download another app then returned to Marriam Webster and no problem this time around. All is well, might be some minor bug but the new marketplace is a galaxy far far away from when android launched in Oct 2008, hope this is what’s to come with Ice Cream Sandwich and a 3rd generation Google Nexus

Installed it the other day on my original Droid (A855) and it is working just fine.
It takes a little longer to load at first, but scrolling through available items is faster. There is nearly no load time to advance the list of items.

I installed on MyTouch4G running CM7.1 RC1 and it runs great! But one thing I noticed was that I had several updates and when I pressed update all or several apps to update it only downloaded one at a time not like the other market that allowed us to download several apps simultaneously. Is it me or is anyone else having this not so bad issue?

Im trying to install on G2X on gingerbread but when I click on the link it takes me to mediashare website. When I click on the download file it will download as APK file, it downloads it as text file. I also have a galaxy s 4g and it worked fine. Can you please help with this.